> [!note] The full list > * Woman > * Fidelity and Betrayal > * Music > * Light and Darkness > * Parades > * The Beauty of New York > * Sabina's country > * Cemetery > * The old church in Amsterdam > * Strength > * Living in Truth > [!thought] > Kundera's *Words Misunderstood* and Alain de Botton's [[Essays in Love]] are two masterpieces of love stories. They have similar motives, but I rate Kundera's higher on its succinctness and alignment with the main philosophical themes of the book. ## 3.7 Dictionary ### Living in Truth > [!quote] > Such is the formula set forth by [[Franz Kafka|Kafka]] somewhere in the diaries or letters. Franz couldn't quite remember where. But it captivated him. What does it mean to live in truth? Putting it negatively is easy enough: it means not lying, not hiding, and not dissimulating. > ... > ==For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public==: the moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful.